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Letter, 'Of an electrical kite' from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/2/343

Date: 03 October 1752

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter of Benjamin Franklin, Esq; to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning an electrical kite'

Read 21 December 1752

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L&P/2/343
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03 October 1752
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin, Letter, 'Of an electrical kite' from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 03 October 1752, L&P/2/343, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_343/letter-of-an-electrical-kite-from-benjamin-franklin-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 14 September 2024

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